Materials for the film about the work of director A.Ya. Tairov (1926-1980)

Meyerhold V.E. (with his back) congratulates Alisa Koonen and Tairov A.Ya. during the ceremonial event in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Chamber Theater.

The face of the artist Bogorodsky F.S., delivering a congratulatory speech.

Faces of the participants of the ceremonial meeting.

Views of the auditorium of the Chamber Theater during the ceremonial meeting.

Members of the presidium of the meeting at a table on the stage.

Applauding spectators.

Views of the presidium and parts of the theater hall.

Tairov accepts congratulations from theater figures and actors.

Yablochkina A.A. congratulates the staff of the Chamber Theater on its 40th anniversary.

One of the invited actresses delivers a congratulatory speech addressed to Tairov (synchronously).

The chairman of the meeting announces that Tairov has been awarded the title of "People's Artist of the RSFSR", delivers a speech about Tairov's services to the Soviet theater (synchronously), members of the presidium and guests applaud.

Fragments of the feature film "The Cigarette Girl from Mosselprom", with the participation of actors Nikolai Tseretelli and Igor Ilyinsky.

Fragment of the feature film "Battleship Potemkin", an episode of the meeting with the squadron.

Fragment of the feature film with the participation of Tseretelli.

Photograph of Tairov A. Ya. during work on the production of the play.

Playwright V. V. Vishnevsky at his desk working on the text of the play.

Sketches for the play "Optimistic Tragedy" based on the play by Vsevolod Vishnevsky.

Photographs of scenes from the play and A. Koonen as the commissar.

Panorama of the Chamber Theatre building in 1926. Poster for the play "Shaggy Monkey".

Scenes from the play staged on the stage of the Chamber Theatre, the actors' faces in makeup.

A scene depicting the boiler room of a steamship.

Actor Tsenin S.S. in the role of Robert Smith-Yank.

Views of the Ferris wheel in the park.

People in the Ferris wheel cabins.

Park visitors riding the carousel, view of the rotating carousel.

People walking across the bridge.

A tram passing by.

View of the pedestrian overpass.

Passengers getting off the tram.

View of part of the Park of Culture and Leisure in 1928-1929. People standing in line at the ticket office.

Interior view of part of the entrance pavilion of the park (top).

Prize figures at land fishing competitions.

Park visitors with fishing rods trying to hook the figures.

Rowing competitions on the Moskva River.

Diving from a platform on the bank of the Moskva River.

Panorama of part of Moscow with the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in the late 1920s.

Views of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, view of part of the wall of the temple after the beginning of dismantling the outer cladding in 1931. Panorama of part of the territory adjacent to the temple.

The domes of an Orthodox monastery being thrown to the ground in the 1920s.

Demolition of one of the monastery churches, falling debris.

Work on the ruins of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in December 1931. The building of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, deprived of its domes.

Blowing up the central dome of the church.

View of the partially destroyed Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

Blowing up and destruction of one of the corner bell towers of the church.

Blowing up and destruction of the remaining bell towers and walls of the church.

Panorama and photographs of the ruins of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

Views of the ruins of the church and part of the dilapidated bell tower.

Panorama of the Moscow swimming pool.

Training of the synchronized swimming section in the stands of the pool in the 1930s.

Rowers with oars in their hands walk to the boats.

Training in the swimming section at the edge of the pool.

Demolition of old buildings in the center of Moscow in 1933-1936. Panorama of a train standing on the tracks in 1941. People in the windows of the car.

Unloading containers with equipment from railway platforms.

The station duty officer sets up a sign with the departure time of the next evacuation train.

People with their belongings walk along the platform to the train leaving for the East.

People load their belongings into a carriage.

People sit on the platform with their belongings near the carriage.

Women talk, standing near the carriage.

The train departs.

Inscriptions on tombstones in the cemetery, crosses in the cemetery.

Photograph of a theatre actor in a dressing room in front of a mirror.

Photographs of A. N. Vertinsky in Pierrot make-up and costume.

Portrait of V. E. Meyerhold in a theatrical costume.

Sketches of costumes and scenery for the Chamber Theatre performance "Egyptian Nights", staged in 1934. Portrait of Alisa Koonen as Cleopatra.

Fragments of the performances "Egyptian Nights" and "Alcazar" in 1934-1936. Fragment of a pre-revolutionary feature film with A. G. Koonen.

Photographs of scenes from performances staged at the Chamber Theatre in the 1930s.

Monument to A. S. Pushkin in Moscow.

View of the building of the Pushkin Theatre on Tverskoy Boulevard in the 1970s.

Panorama of a part of Tverskoy Boulevard in winter and the theatre building.

Stage veterans during an anniversary meeting.

One of the actresses looks through an album of photographs of Alisa Koonen at home.

Photographs of Ranevskaya F.G. and Koonen on the bookshelves.

Poster column with announcements of performances of the Chamber Theatre.

Costume sketches for one of the performances of the Chamber Theatre.

View of part of the exhibition of the theatre museum.

Model of the scenery for one of the performances.

Costume and scenery sketches for performances, photographs of scenes from the theatre’s performances.

Photograph of a scene from the performance “Love Under the Elms”.

Costume sketch for the performance.

Photograph of a scene from the performance with A. Koonen in the leading role.

Costume and scenery sketches for performances of the Chamber Theatre in the exhibition of the theatre museum, portrait of A. Koonen as Cleopatra.

Photographs of scenes from the performance “Antigone”.

Models of scenery and photographs of scenes from performances that were part of the Chamber Theatre’s repertoire.

Portrait of the actor N.M. Tseretelli.